Evarts Worcester FARR

(1840-1880)

FARR, Evarts Worcester, a
Representative from New Hampshire; born in Littleton, Grafton
County, N.H., October 10, 1840; attended the common schools and
Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H.; during the Civil War entered the
Union Army as first lieutenant of Company G, Second Regiment, New
Hampshire Volunteer Infantry and served as major in the Eleventh
Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry; assistant assessor of
internal revenue 1865-1869; studied law; was admitted to the bar in
1867 and commenced practice in Littleton; assessor of internal
revenue 1869-1873; solicitor for Grafton County 1873-1879; member
of the executive council of New Hampshire in 1876; elected as a
Republican to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses and
served from March 4, 1879, until his death in Littleton, N.H.,
November 30, 1880; interment in Glenwood Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present